Pinless diaper



March 3, 1942. H. B. WOlTE 2,274,915

PINLESS DIAPER Filed Dec. 16, 1940 Fig.1 my? v n; r g; /5 /9 rllllllllllllllllll A TTORNE'Y- Patented Mar. 3, 1942 UNITED STATES FATE??? FFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to pinless diapers for babies.

One object of the invention i to provide a diaper for a baby which can be readily mounted upon the baby by anyone without using any particular skill and which can be snugly and reliably retained on the baby Without the employment of pins or similar fasteners that might accidentally prick the baby.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a pinless diaper having improved means whereby the diaper can be opened up wholly flat as a one ply member to facilitate laundering, and whereby a plurality of plies are afforded when the diaper is mounted upon the baby, and with the several plies properly supported without slipping.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a pinless diaper which is formed with a plurality of folds to form inner and outer sections and also front and back section and wherein improved means permits certain of the corner portions of the front and back sections and also of the inner and outer sections to be reliably retained n the baby by engagement over the hips thereof and by the use of pinless fastening means.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a pinless diaper whereby the same may be snugly or telescopically engaged around the body of the baby for accommodating babies of different sizes and in such a manner as to prevent slipping of the diaper, and without causing any inconvenience or discomfort to the baby.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a pinless diaper which is a very simple and inexpensive construction and which is adapted for quantity production on a large scale, and whereby there will be no interference with ordinary laundering and wherein a portion of the fastening means may be detachable, adjustable, or both to facilitate the use of the diaper for its intended purposes.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the invention consists in thenovel combinations and arrangements of part hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claim, and illustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a generally rectangular sheet member showing the diaper in its initial condition, and with the dot-dash lines indicating the central fold therefor.

Fig. 2' is a plan view showing the element produced after the member of Fig. 1 has been folded, and with the dot-dash lines indicating another central transverse fold for providing the front and back sections of the diaper.

Fig. 3 is a view of the back section of the diaper as folded according to Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a View in rear elevation showing the pinless diaper embodying the invention as adapted to be worn by a child.

Fig. 5 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 6 is a front view.

Fig. '7 is a central vertical sectional view of the diaper shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 8 is .a sectional view on line 3-8 of Fig. 4.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined in one and the same structure, but, useful devices may be produced embodying less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, therefore, is submitted merely as showing the preferred exemplification of the invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, I5 denotes a pinless diaper embodying the invention. The same may include a sheet member I I of generally rectangular form, consisting of a textile or other material that is suitable for a diaper. The member I I may represent a conventional diaper, adapted to be folded along a central transverse line I2 extending between the edges I3, I4 thereof to provide an outer section I5 and an inner section I6. When thus folded, an element I1 results.

Attached to the outer section I5 are the loops I8, provided according to my invention. These loops extend in the longitudinal direction of the folded element I I and are adjacent to the corners thereof but are spaced from the longitudinal edges of the element IT. Thus the corner portions I9 result.

The element Il may be centrally transversely folded on the line 20 to form a front section 2| and a back section 22. When thus folded, the diaper appears as in Fig. 3. It will be noted that the section 2| has corner portions 23 opposite those at I9.

Now the corner portions I!) are drawn frontward along the sides of the body of the child, above the hips, and the corner portions 23 are drawn backward to overlap the back section 22. These corner portions are then inserted into the loops it. For this purpose, the latter have sufficient length to receive substantial parts ofv the corner portions 23. When thus arranged the lower part of the diaper affords openings M for the legs of the baby.

To maintain the engagement between the corner portions 23 and the loops 8, a fastening means 25 may comprise an elastic band 25, whose length may .be adjusted by a conventional slide buckle 21. Connected to the bands 26 at its opposite ends are the conventional spring clips 23 or the like. In general, the structure 25 is well known, being similar to a garter or suspender structure, so that it requires no further illustration. The clips 28 thereof are connected to the corner portions 23 at the ends thereof. Thus both plies or sections l5, l6 are engaged by the clips l8, so that the inner section It may not slip at its end remote from the fold line 12. Similarly the corners I9 are supported by the hips so that the inner section It will not slip at its part remote from the fold line i2. Nevertheless, by removal of the fastening means 25, the diaper may be readily opened up flat as shown in Fig. 1 for convenient laundering.

Since the fastening means 25 is at the back, it will not cause discomfort to the fleshy regions of the child, nor can the child reach it and remove it. Being adjustable in length, it may fit babies of different sizes, so that the diaper becomes adjustable because the corner portions 23 may be pulled into the loops l8 in varying degrees. By reason of the elasticity of the band 26, a child can twist and bend, without discomfort, as the diaper will yield, since the elements l8 and 23 form slip connections. Finally, the lower portion of the body of the baby is fully covered, by reason of the overlap beginning at the corner portions l9 and 23, and net ample freedom is permitted for movement of the legs of the child.

Anyone without skill can properly apply my diaper to a baby, especially as the loops l8 and the corner portions 23 constitute a locating means. Therefore, less care is required in applying my diaper than in the case of an ordinary diaper. Of course there is no chance of a pin slipping and pricking the body of the baby, nor

of a pin accidentally opening up and causing injury to the child.

The manufacture of my diaper is very simple, because it requires merely the sewing of two loops H3 at their ends to any ordinary diaper member H. The fastening means 25 may be readily constructed, using clips and buckles that are already available on the market. Likewise the laundering is very simple, as will be evident,

and of course one fastening means 25 may be used for a series of diapers.

It is thus seen that I have provided a pinless diaper which fulfills all the objects of the invention and is well adapted for practical use.

I claim:

A pinless diaper for a baby, including a uniformly rectangular one-piece sheet member folded centrally to provide an element having outer and inner sections of generally rectangular form, spaced loops sewn to said outer section only, said loops extending in the direction of the length of said element and being located at one end of said element at the corner regions thereof, said loops being positioned on an outer face of the element, said element being centrally folded between its ends to provide a front section and a .back section with the latter having the loops, the upper corner portions of the front section overlapping the upper corner portions of the back section and being removably engaged in said loops, the latter being sufficient in length to receive the said corner portions of the front section, the corner portions thus received being triangular so as to provide an upwardly tapered waist engaging section for the diaper, the said sections affording leg openings below the overlapping corner portions, and means interconnecting the corner portions of the front section including the outer and inner sections at the ends of said corner portions to maintain said corner portions within the loops, said means comprising a band located at the back sections and including an elastic portion, said means comprising a member detachably connected at least to that corner portion which is remote from the fold line between the inner and outer sections, and the inner section being supported adjacent to the loops by engagement over the hips of the baby, whereby the diaper can be opened up fiat to form the initial sheet member to facilitate laundering thereof.

HANNA BERTHA VVOITE. 

